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BBC: The Master Game Series 6 & 7 Box Set (4 DVDs)

7255

$34.95

BBC: The Master Game Series 6 & 7 Box Set (4 DVDs)

7255

$34.95

Product Details

Expected: November 2017

BBC: The Master Game Series 6 & 7 Box Set (4 DVDs)With Jeremy James & William Hartston

The Master Game broke new ground in the 1970s and 1980s when it established itself as the only international chess tournament played forTelevision. Following its launch by BBC Television in 1975, it becamea firm favourite amongst chess fans and grandmasters alike. The list of competitors featured is a who's who of famous Grandmasters fromThe 1970s including Anatoly Karpov, Viktor Korchnoi, Tony Miles, Bent Larsen, Nigel Short, John Nunn, Walter Browne and many more.Whereas computers have taken over the analysis of games in the modernage, the unique aspect that made of The Master Game so popularWas the players voicing their inner thoughts and letting viewers understandTheir thinking on the game.

Series Six (was filmed / broadcast in 1980-1) is a 2DVD set and includes all 13episodes originally broadcast in the series. Thecontestants for this hard fought series included:World Championship contenders Bent Larsen, Nigel Short, Svetozar Gligoric, Vlastimil Hortand Robert Byrne, plus Tony Miles, Lothar Schmid and the inimitable Jan Hein Donner.

Includes all 13 episodes from the series and features the following games:

Gligorić vs Short

Byrne vs Hort

Miles vs Larsen

Schmid vs Donner

Hort vs Gligorić

Short vs Byrne

Donner vs Miles

Larsen vs Schmid

Gligorić vs Byrne

Short vs Hort

Larsen vs Donner

Miles vs Schmid

Short vs Miles

Series 7 (was filmed / broadcast in 1981-2) is a 2DVD set that includes all 13episodes of this hard fought series which includedandras Adorjan, Nigel Short, Walter Browne, Eric lobron, Raymond Keene, Larry Christiansen, miguel Quinteros and Hans-Joachim Hecht. Also Included on this special edition is a bonus BBC Documentary - The Lowdown: The Master of the Game - which follows the rise to international Success of a young Matthew Sadler.

Includes all 13 episodes from the series and features the following games:

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